The militaristic gorillas, including Aldo, completely uninterested in learning and almost illiterate, sat in the back."After the group of 13 and wizard Gandalf departed on ponyback from his hobbit hole, Bilbo reluctantly signed the contract and joined them (although most of the dwarves had wagered hat he wouldn""t).The Dust-Bowl period is effectively evoked, although the loose adaptation is also an inaccurate and fictionalized retelling of history.As he stands in the rain and watches her go, his bewildered and stunned look changes, and a smile grows wide on his face.